How Long to Read The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell

How Long Does it Take to Read The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell by Amanda Ford

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Elizabeth Gaskell’s writings abound in references to a cultural materiality encompassing different types of fabric, stuffs, calicoes, chintzes and fine-point lace. These are not merely the motifs of the Realist genre but reveal a complex polysemy. Utilizing a metonymic examination of these tropes, this volume exposes the dramatic structural and socio-economic upheaval generated by industrialization, urbanization and the widening sphere of empire. The material evidence testifies to the technological and production innovations evolving diachronically for the period, and the evolution of Manchester as the industrial ‘Cottonpolis’ that clothed the world by the 1840s. This volume analyses Gaskell’s manipulation of the materiality, arguing its firm roots lie in the quotidian of women’s domestic and provincial life within the growing ranks of the middle classes. Exploring Gaskell’s tactile imagination, an embodied relationship with fabrics and sewing, a function of her daily life from an early age, this volume provides insight into the sensory aspects of cloth and its ability to stir affective responses, emotions and memories, whereby worn fabrics and even the absence of previous textile treasures, is poignant, recreating layers of recollection. This book aims to restore the pulsating, dynamic context of ordinary women’s dressed lives and presents innovative interpretations of Gaskell’s texts.

How long is The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell?

The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell by Amanda Ford is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell aloud.

What Reading Level is The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell?

The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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